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How many words can be formed by re-arranging the letters of the word ASCENT such that A and T occupy the first and last position respectively?

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princi  (12 years ago)

A and T should occupy the first and last position, the first and last position can be filled in only one way. The remaining 4 positions can be filled in 4! Ways by the remaining words (S,C,E,N). hence by rearranging the letters of the word ASCENT we can form 1x4! = 4! words

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B.Senthil Kumar  (12 years ago)

A and T are in the first and last position besides that we have 4 letters so 4!=24 number of words we can form..............,

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Amit kumar  (10 years ago)

rearrange 4!-1=23 is ans

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jyotish r  (11 years ago)

4!=24 is the number of ways

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Poulami Ghosh  (11 years ago)

4!24 such combinations.

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Aashmi chaudhary  (11 years ago)

24 combinations...

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Rahul R Bharadwaj  (12 years ago)

if the letters can be repeated then it can form 4 words excluding ascent.

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ASHOKCHAKRAVARTHI N  (12 years ago)

letters A and T have to occupy constants positions, so we should not considering them, then the letters S,C,E,N have to be arranged in the form of factorial i.e. 4!= 36
So the final answer is 36

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niketa chaudhari  (5 years ago)

Please Give correct answer don't post wrong answer

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